Must Read: Taking Chances

Episode 7 years ago

Must Read: Taking Chances

‘spare me that attitude, you know why am here’ Daisy said angrily.
‘really, and what might that be?’ Brenda asked drily, her gaze on her backturned hand as she admired her manicured nails.
‘would you stop with the fronting! You pissing me off already’
‘oh yeah, more than you’ve not done already!’ Brenda shouted.
‘lets talk about it then, that’s why am here!’
‘don’t you think its a bit late for that’
‘it wouldn’t be, if you had picked my calls!’
‘and you wouldn’t be making those calls nor would i be picking them, if you hadn’t bounded off with that dumb butt0ckz dude, leaving me alone with that b.itch!’
‘don’t tell me she beat you black and blue?’ Daisy teased.
‘you’ve got a problem, you know that?’
‘does that mean she did?’ Daisy teased yet again.
‘that’s it! When you’re ready to apologise, you can call me’ Brenda said standing up, Daisy stood up also and hurried towards her.
‘don’t be such a spoilt brat, i was only kidding’, she pleaded while
Brenda eyed her. ‘okay, okay, her royal majesty wants an apology, and her loyal subject is here to tender one’ Daisy said, then softly she added: ‘Bree, am deeply sorry okay? I know i acted in the dumbest of ways back then, but i couldn’t help it, and you staying angry at me, is tearing me to pieces, just smile for once at a poor annoying Daisy, will you?’
‘no i wont!’ she said crossing her arms on her chest like a sulky child.
‘just smile already’
Reluctantly, Brenda broke into a smile.
‘just because its you, now come here you pest’ she said and drew Daisy close for a hug. ‘i missed you bunch’ she added
‘missed you too, don’t ever try this again, atleast not in Nigeria’
Daisy said breaking off the embrace, Brenda smiled. ‘but you gotta apologise for keeping me waiting too, else it would be my turn to go angry’
‘oh, puleaseee don’t be such a ninny, you don’t expect me to come running to you, do you?’ she said sitting down, ‘besides i was fixing my nails’ she added brandishing her nails. ‘see’
‘oh gosh you didn’t! Kept me waiting just to polish that?’ Daisy asked feigning anger, then moved to her sit.
‘it was worth the wait, wasn’t it?’ Brenda chuckled
‘whatever’ Daisy replied and sat down. ‘wait a minute! I love that
colour! And I need that as a peace offering’ she added excitedly.
‘why should i be the one flying the palms?’
‘because you’re the one with all the stuffs’ Daisy said.
‘okay, okay Mercy will get you one. But know they are designer polish’
‘you wouldn’t opt for something less, would you? So no P. I will treat ‘em accordingly’ Daisy winked. ‘then again, I’ve been dying with this curiosity, you know?’ she added.
‘ever heard? Curiosity kills the cat?’
‘yeah, but am no cat’ Daisy said while she busied with her juice.
‘don’t tell me you’re still sprung on that’ Brenda was pointing at the juice.
‘sure! Take my juice, take my life’ Daisy smiled and downed a mouthful. ‘so about my curiosity, how did that fight at the club end?’ she asked dropping her glass.
‘don’t kill the fun puleaseee, that chick is so damn crazy’
‘she beat you up?’
‘like that’s ever gonna happen, dem peeps at the club, were by our side and prevented a major surgery happening on her pretty face’
‘what a waste’
‘so i thought. Would have given her a piece of my action regardless. Then i searched for her who i was fighting for, and voila she had slipped through the crowd!’
‘sorry about that, i was feeling so weak and…’
‘and you had to leave with that irritable dude for jeez sake!’
‘he was the available then’
Brenda scoffed, ‘spare me that poo, all of ‘em are just nothing but
trouble wondering why you had to get entangled with them lots’
Daisy didn’t like where the discussion was now headed, she frowned and picked up her juice.
‘so?’ what exactly is that chick to him?’
‘who?’
‘who else’ Brenda said drily
‘he told me she is an ex’
‘pretty clinging ex, don’t you think’
‘well, that’s normal’
‘unless, they aren’t really ex’
‘That’s what he told me’
‘still the naive little Daisy i see’
‘I don’t like what you’re insinuating’
‘truth is a bitter pill. Me thinks that dude’s been tripping all along, while you hide at home, sipping Juice and doing whatever’.
Daisy grimaced, you had to give it to Brenda to turn a happy moment into gloom with her blunt truth and unsolicited insinuations.
‘Bree, I’d really appreciate it if you didn’t go any further with all these you’re saying’
‘whatever. Am sorry for hitting those sensitive cords hunh’ Brenda winked and Daisy stuck out her tongue and eyed her, this made Brenda laugh. This were the heights of their friendship – the teasing and the taunting, Daisy was a queen at it, she should just as well reciprocate.
‘honestly Daisy, six months and still counting, yet that ex of a girl is still strung on your man?’ a scoff ‘your naiveity is indeed charming’ Brenda teased further.